The Daily Populous Wednesday October 2nd, 2024 evening edition
Authored by news18.com and submitted by thegoodsamuraii

US Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential candidate, said on Tuesday that Iran was a “dangerous” and “destabilising” force in the Middle East and Washington was committed to Israel’s security.

The comments from Harris, who faces Republican former President Donald Trump in the November 5 US election, came hours after Iran fired ballistic missiles at Israel in retaliation for Israel’s military campaign in Lebanon, drawing vows of a sharp response from Israel and the US.

No injuries were reported in Israel and Washington called Iran’s attack ineffective.

“I’m clear-eyed Iran is a destabilising, dangerous force in the Middle East,” Harris said. “I will always ensure Israel has the ability to defend itself against Iran and Iran-backed terrorist militias.”

“I fully support President (Joe) Biden’s order for the US military to shoot down Iranian missiles targeting Israel,” Harris said. “Initial indications are that Israel, with our assistance, was able to defeat this attack.”

Harris added that Washington will work with its allies to disrupt what she called Iran’s “aggressive behavior.”

Israel has escalated its military campaign in Lebanon in recent days, killing hundreds and displacing more than a million due to operations that Israel says are targeting Lebanese Iran-backed Hezbollah militants.

Israel’s military campaign in Lebanon is in addition to its war in Gaza that followed a deadly Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Palestinian Hamas militants. Israeli’s military assault on Gaza has killed tens of thousands according to Palestinian health authorities, displaced nearly everyone there, caused a hunger crisis and prompted genocide allegations that Israel denies.

automirage04 on October 2nd, 2024 at 16:07 UTC »

"Breaks silence"

It's been less than 24 hours, jesus fuck. Just because she doesn't go on a 3 hour twitter rant before all the facts come in doesn't mean she's being cagey.

DontFearTheMQ9 on October 2nd, 2024 at 14:45 UTC »

There are a lot of folks, I'm realizing, that just generally don't know the different between a "rocket" and a "ballistic missile" and why 200 rockets vs 200 Missiles is different.

autotldr on October 2nd, 2024 at 12:54 UTC »

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 57%. (I'm a bot)

> US Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential candidate, said on Tuesday that Iran was a "Dangerous" and "Destabilising" force in the Middle East and Washington was committed to Israel's security.

> WHY IT'S IMPORTANT. The comments from Harris, who faces Republican former President Donald Trump in the November 5 US election, came hours after Iran fired ballistic missiles at Israel in retaliation for Israel's military campaign in Lebanon, drawing vows of a sharp response from Israel and the US. No injuries were reported in Israel and Washington called Iran's attack ineffective.

> Israel's military campaign in Lebanon is in addition to its war in Gaza that followed a deadly Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Palestinian Hamas militants.

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